1st Edition
The Toyota Mindset, The Ten Commandments of Taiichi Ohno
By Yoshihito Wakamatsu
Copyright 2017
194 Pages
by
Productivity Press
From the brilliant mind of a legend in the Lean Manufacturing world comes the reasoning behind the importance of using your intellect, challenging your workers and why continuous improvement is not only a helpful tool but a necessity on the shop floor. Mr. Wakamatsu recounts captivating, first hand experiences with the man who changed the way the world looks at manufacturing.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE, FOREWORD, THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, COMMANDMENT 1, WASTES HIDE SO START BY DISCLOSING ALL OF YOUR MISTAKES, COMMANDMENT 2 DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING, COMMANDMENT 3 INCREASING PRODUCTION WHILE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF WORKERS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GAIN TRUE SUCCESS, COMMANDMENT 4 ACT ON PROBLEMS RIGHT AWAY, DON’T PROCRASTINATE, COMMANDMENT 5 DON’T FEEL SATISFIED BY SAYING, “I FINISHED THE JOB”, COMMANDMENT 6 ADD “APPROPRIATE TIMING” TO “APPROPRIATE METHOD” IN PROBLEM-SOLVING, COMMANDMENT 7 BELIEVE IN “I CAN” AND QUESTION “I CAN’T”, COMMANDMENT 8 THE KEY TO ACHIEVING PROGRESS IS TO NEVER GIVE UP, COMMANDMENT 9 DON’T DO WORK AT AN AVERAGE PACE; THE SHORTEST WAY IS ALWAYS THE EASIEST, COMMANDMENT 10 CHANGE YOURSELF FIRST IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE SOMEONE ELSE, AFTERWORD, INDEX
Biography
Yoshihito Wakamatsu
